Question

When Marianela was a young child and watching TV with her mother, a mouse ran by. Her mother screamed, scaring her. Subsequently, she has been afraid of mice. In this example, the mouse is the ________ after it causes Marianela to become frightened."

Answer 1

Answer: Unconditioned Stimulus

Explanation:An Unconditioned Stimulus is a stimulus that triggers an Unconditioned response.

An Unconditioned response is a reaction that occurs naturally in response to a stimulus. It is usually not learned.  For example, the rat that ran by is UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS while the screaming in response to the rat is the UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE..

This response is sually an automatic reflex and innate, and therefore, need not be learned. The concept of unconditioned responses was first defined by Ivan Pavlov.

Answer 2

Answer:

Conditioned stimulus

Explanation:

When Marianela was a young child and watching TV with her mother, a mouse ran by. Her mother screamed, scaring her. Subsequently, she has been afraid of mice. In this example, the mouse is the conditioned stimulus after it causes Marianela to become frightened."  In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus which now elicits a conditioned response (fear in Marianela) after it has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus (Marianela's mother's scream).